James Crumbley, father of Oxford High School shooter, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter (www.cbsnews.com)
Not a huge surprise.
On The Run, Part II: Trump minion Stephanie Lambert Junttila still MIA (michiganadvance.com)
Her new lawyer says it’s all a misunderstanding....
Gov. Whitmer signs off on Michigan ban of whippet crackers (www.freep.com)
I can’t help think how this’ll affect your Memorial Day weekend....
Michigan bottle returns fall after COVID (www.bridgemi.com)
Passed by voters in 1976, the state’s bottle return law for decades prompted high recycling rates, hitting 89% in 2019. Rates dropped during a complete system shutdown at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and haven’t recovered, falling to 75.6% in 2022....
Tribes urge U.S. to weigh in on Line 5 case as appeal sits in court (www.interlochenpublicradio.org)
The Bad River Band sued [Canadian multinational pipeline and energy company] Enbridge in 2019, saying it was trespassing and that the pipeline was at risk of rupture, posing an imminent threat to the watershed and threatening sources of food and water, as well as their ways of life....
On The Run: Stefanie Lambert Junttila plays the court (michiganadvance.com)
[…] can you promise me you won’t send the police to my house and have me arrested? […] I got kids. I don’t want them to see that....
Keeping the dead from resting in peace (www.metrotimes.com)
It should be no surprise: Flint councilman Eric Mays is as controversial in his passing as he was in life....
International Women’s Day (www.unwomen.org)
Attention: non-community-specific content. You’ll live. You may even thank me....
Bills introduced in Michigan Senate look to restore the state's school libraries (www.michiganpublic.org)
Four librarians for every 10,000 Michigan students. Even if you’re functionally illiterate, that figure should seem criminally low. According to the linked article by Sarah Cweik…...
Michigan Lawmaker Introduces Bill Requiring State Health Plans to Cover Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatments (www.propublica.org)
In February 2020, Forrest VanPatten died fighting Priority Health, one of Michigan’s largest health insurers, over its refusal to pay for CAR-T cell therapy, his last-chance treatment. The therapy works by genetically reengineering patients’ own cells, then infusing them back into the body to beat back their disease....
More than 500K Michiganders have lost Medicaid since the end of automatic enrollment (michiganadvance.com)
[Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)] show 12,484 recipients lost coverage in January, among approximately 542,000 who have been dropped either due to no longer being eligible or for procedural reasons since automatic re-enrollment ended in Michigan in June 2023....
The Art of Zingerman’s: A Feast for Your Eyes (midwest.social)
https://aadl.org/node/626412...
Robin Michigiizhigookwe Clark first Anishinaabe woman appointee to Michigan National Resources Commission (www.metrotimes.com)
From the DNR’s website…...
Michigan women rally for Biden in Detroit (michiganadvance.com)
It’s National Women’s History Herstory Month, declared way back in preherstoric 1987. I’ve got the r^2^ ArtMonkeys™ working on a commemorative banner as we speak! Until then…...
Michigan GOP: Testing the Limits of Absurdity (www.detroitnews.com)
Another competing Michigan GOP convention planned for Saturday...
Check yer guns at the door, pardner (michiganadvance.com)
Hijacking the usual summary – act accordingly....
Remembering the 1932 Ford Hunger March: Detroit park honors labor and environmental history (theconversation.com)
The intersection of Fort Street and Oakwood Boulevard in southwest Detroit today functions mostly as a thoroughfare for trucks and commuters....
Ya win some, ya lose some... (deadline.com)
…or You’re ridin’ high in Michigan, shot down in New York. Or something to that effect....
Michigan Dems Protest Vote & SCOTUS Tackles Bump Stock Ban | The Daily Show (yt.artemislena.eu)
Canonical YouTube link
Michigan governor says not voting for Biden over Gaza war ‘supports second Trump term’ (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12412218...
Whole Lotta Geekin' Goin' On This Weekend
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/8972455...
Psychology Today in Michigan, Montmorency County Edition (www.bridgemi.com)
Sitting next to each other are two members of the Montmorency County Board of Commissioners. Like all others on the board, they are Republican, which perhaps isn’t surprising in a county Donald Trump won by 44 points in the 2016 presidential election and by the same lopsided margin in 2020....
After 2-year-old girl shoots self, man becomes first person charged under Michigan's gun storage law (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12238058...
Michigan Chronicle: This Week In Black History February 21-27, 2024 (michiganchronicle.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/8956353...
Cutting off our noses to spite her face (eu.freep.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/8876223...
